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Re: FAQS - Earth Expansion

Carsten Troelsgaard <carsten.troelsga...@mail.dk>

"don findlay" <d...@tower.net.au> skrev i en meddelelse
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> > Don, when one explains the forces acting on a surface relative to an
airmass
> > changing latitude, one describe the Coriolis-effect (torsion involved).
Can
> > you explain your application of torsion in a comparable manner?

> Yes, I do think the coriolis effect is worth following up.
> <http://users.indigo.net.au/don/carsten.html>  Though it all needs to
> be compressed into the crust.

meaning?

> Well lithosphere (and possibly a fair
> bit deeper - core mantle boundary) I think it is that, that largely
> describes the mechanics of early 'skating'

skating?

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> It's difficult trying to
> assign the scale of cause and effect..

cause and effect of what? I expected that you would draw a diagram/make an
explanation of forces involded - as one can do on a mass of air affected by
'coriolis'

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